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Blogiversary and a Giveaway

Guess what? Today is my 3rd Blogiversary. I know you’ve had this day marked on your calendar, waiting with baited breath for this significant milestone to arrive. Just kidding. Even I almost forgot. Last year I totally forgot about it, and this year, by sheer luck, I happened to think to check before it came around, so I thought it would be fun to have a little giveaway!

First of all, thank you so much for visiting this corney blog about quilting. Thank you for the kind comments and encouragement that you leave. I will be honest – some days blogging stresses me out. I worry about getting my pictures to look the way I want them to in my mind, I often kick myself for writing blog posts late at night when my brain has already shut off for the day and then worry that what I wrote sounded whiney or incoherent, and I’m often plagued by that nasty, un-healthy ‘comparison/inadequacy’ menace to all bloggers. Throw in the guilt I often feel about not always having the time I’d like to respond to every comment or meet everyone’s requests (I’m a chronic “pleaser” so this can get rough), not to mention the guilt and worrying whether my time at the computer is the best use of my time.

BUT I’m so grateful for the nice feedback you give me regarding my hobby, for supporting my little etsy shop, and for the fun opportunities that have come since starting this blog. By far my favorite part of this adventure has been the great people I’ve met (some times in real life and sometimes in cyberspace) since jumping into the blogosphere. That is by far the funnest part – you awesome people!

So to thank you, I have a few giveaways with no-strings attached. Thanks to the generosity of Amanda Murphy and Robert Kaufman fabrics I have 2 Ten-Square (42 10″ squares) collections and 2 Roll-ups (42 2.5″ strips) of Amanda’s newest collection, Veranda to share. I’ll be giving away one set of both and one of each. (see top photo.)

And I wanted to give away something totally “Diary of a Quilter.” So I’ve got a little bundle put together of an I-spy charm-pack, some American Jane pennant triangles and a few goodies I collected at Market last spring. This means we’ll have 4 winners! First winner gets first pick of the prizes, and so on.

Leave one comment until Friday, October 7, midnight MST. I’ll randomly pick a winner sometime over the weekend and announce on Monday.

Happy three years! I love your blog just how it is – brain turned off or not – it keeps it real, you know? Your blog is what got me interested in the vintage fabric look, so thank YOU! Here&#39;s to many more years of blogging and sewing happiness!

congratulations … and many more!<br /><br />i don&#39;t often get to look at blogs (in part because i am working on my first-ever quilt!), but when i do, i like to come here for so much inspiration. you&#39;ve taught me so much, too. thanks for all that you share!<br /><br />and thanks to you, amanda murphy and robert kaufman for this great give-away opportunity!<br /><br />kathy <br />(&

Woohoo! Three years! I LooooooOOOooOve your blog. I think your tutorials are great and I plan to make a couple snowflake pillows for Christmas time. Thanks for all your hard work on the blog–we really appreciate it!!!!<br /><br />arbitraryaardvark (at) gmail (dot) com

Congrats on 3 years….And I looked back on a earlier blog..March 16, 2009..vintage kids..oh I love that…super cute also the Retro Christmas also..Thanks for the chance to win….And good luck on many more years on your blog…

Amy, <br /> Congrats on your anniversary! It was go great to meet you in person and I always enjoy reading your blog posts! Thank you for the generous giveaway!<br /><br />Ashley<br />ashleymjones@live.com

Congrats!!! I loved this post. It was so nice to read that I am not the only one that worries about how my blog sounds, or if I should be using so much time blogging. And I couldn&#39;t agree more that the best part of blogging is all the friends you meet. I can&#39;t wait to meet you in real life this weekend at the Sewing Summit!!

Happy Blogiversary! I started a quilt blog a few years ago and just let it wane …. it takes a lot of time and effort and I definitely appreciate it because I enjoy reading – so thank you for your time and efforts! Here&#39;s to many, many more posts.

Thank You so much for blogging. I read your blog and learned so much from you. I just started to piece quilt last week and thanks to you I can do it.. I love your tutorials they&#39;ve helped so much!<br />Shellie N

I am a 57 year old woman who has not made a quilt in 25 years. I&#39;ve stopped working and am feeling the urge to quilt again. I am so impressed by your blog and all the quilts and pictures that you take the time to post. It is amazing to me that young Moms can do all that you do! I love, love, love the tutorials and plan on making a few for baby gifts. The charm packs, jellyrolls, etc. are

Amy,<br /><br />Thanks so much for the inspiration, ideas and how-to&#39;s you post here, it&#39;s been one of my go-to sites ever since I started quilting a year ago. Happy Blogiversary, and many more!<br /><br />nictarpey at gmail dot com

Happy Anniversary! I love getting a peek into your sewing projects and hearing about the funnies in your life. So glad we can keep in touch through our blogs! By the way, I LOVE the baby quilt your just finished. Love the colors and all the fun prints. You are Amazing! Hope you and the family are doing well and adjusting to school life. Can you believe our girls are in Jr. High?!

I love your blog! Congratulations on three years! You&#39;ve inspired me to start quilting, and I just got a machine from a friend last week, and put together a crib-sized quilt over the weekend. Thanks for the inspiration and creativity you provide.

Happy blogiversery I check out your blog everytime you post because I&#39;m a beginner sewer and what you do is very inspiring and teaches me loads. Thanks!<br /><br />PS: I don&#39;t know why you need to compare!

Let&#39;s see if this actually posts! I have tried a few times, but to no avail. I LOVE your blog. My introduction into quilting was a slow one, and at present, my machine is collecting dust. However, I am hoping to jump back into it, head first, now that the weather here in the South is finally getting cooler. &#39;Cause let&#39;s face it, it&#39;s hard to think about how cozy a quilt is

Congrats on blogging for 3 years. I first came upon your blog from one of the easy bricks quilt that you designed for Moda Bake Shop – and it was the first quilt that I made! Once again, congrats. I look forward to reading more blog posts.

I just recently found your blog, and I find it very inspirational! I always feel so motivated to dig out my sewing machine after reading my quilting blogs. Congrats on 3 year, and here is hoping for many more to come!

Congrats! Starting up and getting a following is not easy, but your blog is one of my favorites. Inspiring for those of us just starting out and crossing out fingers someone likes our quilts as much as we do!

Happy 3 years Amy!<br />I agree with you, blogging can be stressful at times, and I definately at times feel that feeling of comparison/ inadequacy. But at the same time it is an adventure, and I have met so many online friends, and met some in real life too (like you).<br />And Sewing summit is this weekend and we get to meet more friends, yay!

I am so glad to be one of your &quot;peeps&quot;! If I hadn&#39;t found your blog, I would have never attempted to start quilting in the first place. I have done numerous table runners and I&#39;m working on the Vintage I-Spy quilt right now! Thanks so much Amy.

Happy Blogiversary! I&#39;d have to say a big &quot;thank you&quot; to you for putting in the time to make such a great blog! It has really been a great resource for me being a new sewer. So, thank you! And great giveaway by the way!

Happy Blogiversary! I have loved getting to know you through the great wide interwebs. It is so fun to meet people who obsess about fabric as much as I do. It makes me feel less geeky to have geeked out friends too.

I made my first quilt top two years ago but had never been brave enough to do an entire quilt without begging help from my mother in law- until I stumbled across your blog. Your tutorial teaching how to bind a quilt was so clear and easy to understand that I finally gave it a try. I finished my first &quot;solo quilt&quot; a few weeks before my daughter was born. She sleeps with it every night. <

You&#39;re sweet and I love your blog. It&#39;s one of my favorites and one of the first ones I discovered in Blog land! Thanks for all you have taught me! Congratulations and best wishes in all the years to come!

I have been a follower on Goggle Reader for some time and so enjoy your blog! You have nothing to worry about because your photos are awesome and your content is so current to today&#39;s quilting. I use your photos as my screen saver so hope you don&#39;t mind. Just keep up the great work!

Happy Blogiversary!! I just started reading your blog and think you do a fantastic job and are clearly very talented! Thanks for the inspiration and the chance at the giveaway! <br /><br />marian dot griffin 87 at gmail

Here&#39;s to three wonderful years of blogging!! I have enjoyed every single posting!! Thanks for throwing my name into your fantastic give away!! Such a generous give away!<br />Take care!<br />Paulette

hi Amy,<br />happy blogiversary! I like your blog and I have been a follower since I´m blogging myself.<br />Thanks for this great giveaway and the chance to win.<br />You are very welcome to visit my blog too.<br />Bente<br />Quilter´s are all over the world :o)

so very generous! thank YOU for all your hard work to share your creations with us. . . it is a lot of work to photograph, think of something interesting to write about, etc.<br /><br />smiles!<br /><br />leisel

Three years! Wow a lot happens in three years. I just started quilting/reading your blog within the last year and you have been so good about answering my email questions related to one of your patterns. Proud to say the king size quilt is at the longarm lady&#39;s house. Yippee! I will totally and unabashedly tell you today is my birthday and if that in someway tips the scales in my favor

Love your blog. It&#39;s the first quilty blog I stumbled across once I got the itch to quilt. I used your charm pack quilt tutorial to make my very first quilt. You are inspiring and lovely and so very much appreciated! That being said, I expect to win this time, ok? Grin

Congratulations on your bloggiversary!! I love to come to your blog and read about quilting and I love to be reminded about the important things in life! And of course I would love to win some fabric with which I would make a quilt from your patterns ;)<br />Greetings from Germany, Inka<br />inka(dot)mangels(at)elaborate-consult(dot)de

Finding your blog has been a gift! I love your insight to quilting, and making it so approachable to a beginner. I am currently making a twin size of your Simple Stripes quilt for my youngest daughter – thanks for such a cute tutorial. Thank you for all of your inspiration!

I love to read your blog, but wish I commented more often, because I keep up with the projects! Thanks for sending out the ideas and inspiration- I do like the something totally &quot;Diary of a Quilter&quot;!

I&#39;m so glad you are willing to share your &#39;hobby&#39; with us! You do beautiful work and are so inspiring! Because of you, I now have 3 finished quilts, one in the works, and fabric for (heehee) many more! Thank you!

This is my first time commenting as I am a relatively new &quot;stalker&quot; ;0 I love your blog and you inspire me. I have been a quilter for 13 years and love your fresh ideas!! Keep up the great work and I am loving the chance to win some new fabric for a new project!!<br /><br />Patti from Indiana

Happy anniversary! I love the idea of a giveaway to celebrate this milestone. Your blog has been an inspiration to this novice quilter, and I cannot thank you enough for your invaluable advice, tips and tricks. Keep it up as long as it makes you as happy as you make us!

I really admire bloggers like you who can do it so well! I gave up blogging a while ago because I can&#39;t take pictures and I always ended up hating what I posted! Thanks for the awesome giveaway on your special day!

Congratulations on you Blogiversary!!! I love your blog.. It was the first binding tutorial that actually made sense to me! It also was the first quilting blog I read and then told my 2 quilting friends about : ) Here&#39;s to many more years blogging!!!

I&#39;m brand new to quilting and to your blog site – my Mom (Debbie Cunningham) introduced us and I know we&#39;ll be best friends through the coming years! Congratulations on your successful quilting business!

Congratulations on your 3 years of blogging! I&#39;ve enjoyed visiting your blog and learning more about quilting. Love the Veranda, so hope to win a little. Amanda Murphy is very nice, talented, and generous. Of course, your Market goodies are bound to be interesting too. So, thanks for celebrating with such a nice giveaway. Blessings!

I absolutely love your blog and visit often to see what the latest quilt is. You inspired me to try making 4 quilts for my family before Christmas and so far I&#39;ve got the quilt top to one of them almost finished. <br />Look forward to seeing all your new projects.

It seems like yesterday…the times sure goes quickly! I&#39;ve been following your blog for just about three years then. I wanted to say congrats and of course I have to comment to get my name in the hat.

Awe… you&#39;re a dedicated blogger. I&#39;m a new subscriber and I enjoy visiting with your blog each time you post.<br />I&#39;d faint onto the floor if I won either one of your gifts.<br /><br />Thanks for all you do.<br /><br />Debbie Reaves

Oh my gosh, three years, way to go! You have one of the best blogs, I just love Diary of a Quilter:) Thank you for all the time and effort you put into your blog! I appreciate all you do for all of us in blogland!!!

Hai Amy..I have been your silent reader since June 2011 cause I&#39;ve been attracted to quilting since I got my own sewing machine. So your tutorials on quilting are very useful for me. Also other tutorial i.e. messenger bag. Eventhough I have not done any quilting yet, but your blog is on my bookmark since then.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing to us about your experience and Happy third

Congrats! Your blog got me started with my first little project. Now I&#39;ve got an honest to goodness quilt in progress that I&#39;ll start binding this week. (I&#39;ll use your tutorial of course.) Keep it up!

Congrats on 3 years of blogging. I love your blog and can&#39;t wait for an email that you have a new post. I also follow you on FB so sometimes see it there. Keep up the good work. There are so many of us out here waiting for the next one!

Happy 3 years of Blogging! I enjoy your blog (would love to have it all appear in my reader instead of clicking over)…just thought this was a good time to throw that in. I&#39;d love to win your giveaway. Keep up the good blogging work.

I love your blog! Thanks for being an inspiration to me. I have a lot to learn about quilting still, but seeing your projects gives me incentive to try. Here&#39;s wishing you many more years of stress-free blogging!

happy blogiversary!! i am new to the quilting world, and to quilting itself, and i happened to stumble upon your blog when i was looking for blogs about quilting. it was so inspiring to me and it really hooked me into wanting to try my hand at sewing! so thank you!!! you are an inspiration to me.

I thank God for Amy being &quot;corney&quot;, I SO look forward to your blog every single day! Thank you for all you&#39;ve taught me that you don&#39;t even realize, your sweet spirit, and just being YOU! Happy Anniversary!

Congrats on the milestone. I love looking at all your quilts and especially because I am too an Utahn and I love to think that close by there are people that are doing the same thing that I am. Thanks for the giveaway!! michelleleejensen@live.com

Happy Blogiversary!!! I&#39;m glad you do blog. I love reading your posts and look for updates every day I especially enjoy tutorials: what great ideas! These are great fabric picks and thanks so much for the chance to win.

Happy Blogiversary! Your blogland is so warm and cozy. I first found my inspiration to quilt from your blog and I followed your Quilting 101 tutorial for my first quilt. You do a fantastic job so you should NEVER feel &#39;inadequate&#39; in your blogging. Thank you and I look forward to all your wonderful posts.

Love giveaways! I&#39;m hoping to get that Veranda jelly roll so I can make it into a quilt for my daughter. (Using the Heartstrings pattern from Black Mountain Quilts – have you seen it? So cute!) But even if I don&#39;t win, I love your blog and never think of you as whiney. Ever.

Happy Blogiversary! Landmarks are great to remember. Thanks for sharing a little bit of your life. It&#39;s nice to know there are real people with feelings and normal lives. That you have time to quilt (and finish – my challenge) and blog and still keep the family going is amazing to me. I&#39;m a working mom that travels for work and hand-piecing is easy to take along. I&#39;m also thinking

Hey there, I have read your blog for something like 18 months or so…it is bookmarked on my favorites and I check out what you are up to at least 2 times a week. I love your &quot;corny&quot; blog…it is a highlight of my me time. Congrats on 3 yrs in the blogosphere!<br /><br />Victoria painting4him@rochester.rr.com

Happy 3rd Blogiversary! While I haven&#39;t been with you for all three years, I&#39;ve really enjoyed following you and being inspired by you for the last several month. Thank you so much for that!!! Hoping that you&#39;ll continue inspiring all of us .. Hugs!

Wow, 3 years! Congratulations &amp; thanks for an awesome blog. I discovered your blog about a year ago when I started quilting &amp; was so happy that I did. It has been &amp; continues to be an entertaining read &amp; a generally inspiring quilting resource. Thanks so much.

Congratulations! Yours is the first quilting blog I bookmarked when I embarked on this crazy quilting hobby a couple of months ago, and it&#39;s such a great inspiration and resource. Thanks for everything!

Happy Blogiversary!! I&#39;ve only just discovered you but a dedicated follower already One of these days I&#39;ll actually get together the courage to start my first quilt… In the meantime I&#39;m happy to use you for inspiration!

I&#39;m another of your long-time, regular followers. Congrats on your blogiversary and know that all the effort you put into your blog is much appreciated by your followers. As a beginner quilter I have benefited so much from your blog and all you share. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Congratulations on always providing us with such interesting reading, I love checking out what you&#39;re doing! Here&#39;s hoping you enjoy it enough to keep going for a long long time. lexilucas@gmail.com

Happy Bloggoversary. 3 years is one big commitment, congratulations. Love your photos, they look great, no need to worry about them, we can&#39;t see in your head.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing,<br /><br />Di

I am new to your blog, but happy 3!!! I love all you do, but more importantly I can so relate to your worries. But don&#39;t fear…you are awesome!! And brave for even blogging!! whooo hoo!! I am going to jump in and attempt my first ever quilt…starting small with rag quilts for my little princesses…hope that is a good start. But already I am a fabric addict, so your giveaway looks so

Amy,<br />I am new to your blog ( about a month), but I LOVE it ! I love the work you do and the colors you use and all of the helpful links and ideas! Keep up the fun and creative blog and Happy Anniversary! Betsy Davis

Oh my goodness, I&#39;ve always enjoyed reading your blog and have it on my daily reads. I&#39;m sorry there was some days you felt stressed out but honey, don&#39;t. Whatever you post, again, I always enjoyed reading. So thank you!

Congratulations! That&#39;s why I like your blog- you&#39;re so honest and down to earth. And a very talented quilter who has taught me lots and for that I appreciate all that you&#39;ve shared! Here&#39;s to wishing you many more years of blogging!:) Great givaway- thanks!

The only sad part about this is that I just discovered your blog a few months ago! To think of all the fun quilty stuff I was missing out on for the last 3 years… Happy blogiversary and thanks for the great giveaway!

I love reading your blog every day (or every day you post) – especially the one&#39;s where your brain is already turned off. LOL Seriously, thank you for all that you share and happy 3rd anniversary!<br />sunshdws@yahoo.com

And mwah, mwah to you too! Congratulations on your blogiversary – and many more of them to come. I always enjoy your posts, and it&#39;s never occurred to me your brain has gone to sleep, or compared you to anyone else. You&#39;re you and unique!<br />Thanks for all the pleasure you&#39;ve given me.<br />Ashtona@hotmail.com

I discovered the world of quilty blogs about four months ago – and your blog was one of the first on my Favorites list! So inspiring to see what you&#39;ve made or are working on! Congratulations on your anniversary and keep blogging!<br />lynne underscore bel99 at hotmail dot com

Thank you so much for putting that time and dedication into your blog. I can only imagine that it is stressful and frustrating at times, but you are creating a legacy of your passion, and that should count for something!<br /><br />Happy Blog-o-Versary!! Thanks for the giveaway.

Congratulations on your Blogaversary! 3 years is quite an accomplishment. You have encouraged and inspired me to learn how to quilt.<br />I hope you&#39;re happy in your new home.<br />all the best<br />Lee

Oh my goodness, this post reminded me to check my first post and I totally missed my 1st blogiversary…oops!!! Thanks for the reminder and especially for sharing so much of yourself with all of us!!! Happy 3rd Blogiversary to you! Smiles~Beth